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The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The interest felt in this country in
the wheat product OF India has been
met BY theincorporation in theNovem-
Der report Of the State Department,
ct Washington, of a carefully prepared
etatement giving the exact facts, so
Tar as known. This statement is q
complete refutation of the idea SO
widely entertained that the breadth
Of wheat culture in India is rapidly in.
creasing, and that the increased rail.
wy facilities have greatly enlarged the
annual prodact. None of these
thines,' il appears, ARE true. The
natives still work for 4 few cents per
day. piow with a stick, thrash in the
fashion, and market dirt
ana seeds OF weeds with the grain.
lIf,a habits and prejudices Of centuries
It'll cling to them. Their food is still
- and millets, andfew Of themknoW
|the taste 81 wheat. IN u1umbers four
fin,sssas many a. the people OF this
country. they have less than q. 1000
900 acres .in wheat, which y eaten
,,ainly by Europeans IN India.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
A DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.

jun ling Dog. the Indian Who Set Fire t.
h Cheyenne Agency, C~aptured.-He KILL
Two Guards With q Pair of Shears ant
Then Treats Himself Likewise. .
PIERRE, Special Telegram, Dec Jump
ing Dog, the Indian who set FIRE to the
Cheyenne agency several weeks ago and who
managed to escape, was captured last night
blythe authorities who have been scourin g
the country for him This morning he at,
tackeo the guards, killed two by stabbing
them with a pair of shears, and afterwards
committed suicide in the same manner
Early on tho morning of Nov. IL
a destructive fire broke out at the
Cheyenne River agency, Fort Bennett
1t was started by Jumping Dog, who hat
been confined in the guard house. Before
the fire was brought under control all the
quarters were destroyed. One hundred ton.
Of coal. a large portion Of the Indian an,
nuities, all the hay at the agency and nine
head OF horses were also burned.
The loss was, 100000. Jump
ing Dog managed to make his escape
and his whereabouts have remained a mys-
terry despite diligent search until last night,
when he was a~pprehended within thirty
miles OF the agency. He had always been
regarded as q dangerous character and had
been the cause of more trouble TO the troops
than any one member Of his tribe.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Criminal Calendar.

Emerson Williams is found guilty OF man.
slaughter at st. Paul for the killing of
James Byas.
NJ. E.. Glove OF Blue Earth county, Mimi,
kills his wife, tries to murder his sister.in.
law and then kills himself.
The testimony in the case OF Rev. Dr..
land charged with immoral conduct, was
very damaging to the defendant.
The Barrets, accused of completely in
the murder Ct Street Car Driver Tollefsen,
were arraigned before the municipal court
at Minneapolis, and committed to be
tried.
At Chicago, in the Ease of DR.. Henry Gel.
ger, ex:county physician, charged with the
murder OF the girl Maggie Flynn by an act
OF criminal malpractice, Judge William.
son instructed the jury to find a verdict of
not guilty.
Leonard Grover. the veteran play wright.
has been summoned to defend an action
in the New York supreme court in which
his wife. Mrs Ida May Grover, is the COM
plainant. Mrs. Grover sues for absolute
divorce on the ground oiinfidelity. Grover
has left h state, and so far the officers
have been unablo~to catch him.
Jacob Sharp was taken in a carriage
from Ludlow Street jail to the sheriff's Office
at New York. The order granting a new
trial was settled before Judge Barrett. II
was decided that Sharp's bonds be fixed at
S4O.O OO. The bond was prepared, I.aac
Hendrix and George Shepherd each justify.
Ing in the sum named. and a few minutes
past noon Sharp was discharged and driv.
an home.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
t+Tons.
Cult eau's Ptcrcslticn TOLLS
LAWYERS.

The Plymouth IN. W Record in
a recent number says. The following
letter from the assassin Of Pres ident
Garfield is published for the first time.
The original, in the handwriting
of Guiteau, is in the possession OF Mr.,
M. N. Davis, President Of the PemiQe-
wassett Mutual Relief Association, of
this place. 1t was given to q GENTLE
man, who gave it to Mr.. Davis, BY
Charles Reed, Guiteau's lawyer:
[Strictly Private.l
Mr.. REEDI will give you and MI. Mer
rick and Gen. Butler and Judge Magruder
my note, payable year hence, Tor So
900 each il you get me out Of here. Think
you can do it on the ground OF .non-iuris,
OF the court. I have just written
to my brother to make this offer to Ger,
Butler and Judge Magruder. I-depsnd on
him to secure these gentlemen, and Il u
pend on you to secure Mr.. Merrick. Pfessk
call at once with Mr.. Merrick without dc.
lay. I presume I could make $50, OOOnext
winter lectaring, IL I could get out Of this.
/ have an offer of $500 per night for sir
nights from Boston. Yours truly,
CHARLES GUIrE4U..,
sU. 8: JAIL, WAsHINaToN, p. G.. Feb.12,
1882 .
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Personal News Notes,

Henry James Ten Eyck, city editor OF the
Albany Evening Journal, died of typhoid
fever.
At st. Louis, Right Rev. Thomas Bona.
cum wa consecrated as bishop OF the new
See OF Lincoln, Neb.
Willis E. Carpenter. OF the firm OF Myers
q Carpenter, St. Paul, died at midnight OF
rheumatism o I the heart.
Pierre Lorillard expended over a MILL on
dollars on his Rancocas farm. not count.
ing $3.50, OOO, paid out for blooded mares.
Wade Hampton looks like a Jersey
farmer. He is broad-shouldered, we'll
built, and wears his clothes In a loose
fashion.
The Aston family has never been robbed
by burglars or sneak thieves, for the rea.
son that they pay 81, 200 a year to have
their house specially guarded.
The distinguished representative OF
America, John l.. Sullivan, Invested $4O,-
900 in United States bonds, part OF the
profits Of his present engagement in Eu.
rope.
Joseph Holman, the ten.year- old plan
ist and composer, made his American ie-
but at the Metropolitan opera in New
York. He astonished his auditors by his
display OF musical knowledge.
Judge Phillips, of Kansas, who has been
mentioned as likely to be. appointed gener-
al land commissioner, has written to Sec
rotary Lamar stating positively that I'm.
der no circumstances would he accept the
the place II offered.
A. B. Champion. one of the trustees Of
Antioch college, says that Charles A. Keb.
Ter, who recently committed suicide, sue,
ceeded his father as trustee in charge of
$1,000 0O. endowed fund Of Antioch college.
He says that it is known that some of this
fund has been used up by Charles A. Keb-
Ter. but whether he made way with it all
or with only q part OF it Is what they are
trying to find out.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Figh ting Unbelieyers.

Inever knew a clergyman who had
ia ct to making a failure in his calling,
and I have seen magnificent pulpit
ia Tents brought into the dust because
OF lack in this direction. One ofour
successful city preachers OF fifty years
ago had this quality in it's perfection.
and a story in illustration OF it comes
back to me as I write. There were
Ingersolls in his day, for the genial
agnostic of that name who has hit so
much more happily than his %predeces.
sors the vein of coming his airy un-
belief into substantial dollars is not q
new creation, by any means. On one
occasion the clergyman was travelling
in a s~taeecoach in company with q
noisy talker who persisted in thrust
ing upon his fellow passengers the fact
that he did not believe in the bible.
In particular he was severe upon the
writer who had alleged that Joshua
commanded the sun to stand still and
look o while he wiped out
the heather. The clergyman had
been measuring up his companion
and at this point he spoke out. ibid
you ever read the further explana-
ton of that miracle given in the book
of Zerubbabel?" he inquired. Eyes, I
have" snapped the learned infidel,
land that doesn't throw any light
upon it, either A general roar of
laughter, which followed this confess
sion OF ignorance, ended the contro-
versy and bottled up the %agnostic.
y On another occasion this same
clergyman was annoyed by a bus
thing UNCONVENTIONAL preacher who
walked up to him in public,
and, in a voice that arrest
ed the attention of all within
hearing, challenged him to a con.
troversy on the apostolic succession:
The challenged man turned sharply
and said: 'Can you repeat the Lords
prayer, sir?" But" stammered the
man, g" want to discuss" "Sir,
repeat the Lords prayer if you can"
If the man eve knew the petition, it
had now slipped from his memory, and
he became red and silent. Then his
digniied antagonist turned in a state
ly way to the gathering group OF
auditors, and said: "Sir, I
will leave it to this intelligent assem-
blage to decide whether a man VINO is
unable to repeat the Lords prayer is
fitted to discuss apostolic succession"
Oldboy in the New York Even
ing Post.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

A combination including a dozen OF
the leading shipbuilders and dry dock
owners on the chain of lakes was
lately formed at Cleveland. Repre-
sentatives from big establishments in
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, De-
troit, Trenton, Bay City and Buffalo
were present. w. I. Babcock OF Buf-
fa!o presided. The name selected was
The "Inter-Lake Builders and Re.
pairers' association" A. McVittie Of
Detroit vas elected president; H. j.
Mills of Buffalo, secretary. and John
Fitzgerald of Milwaukee, treasurer.
The delegates declared that the Or
g%anization was conceived and accom-
plished for mutual protection pure
and simple.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
The substitution of steam heat fc

The substitution of steam heat TO.
stove heat on fifteen trains of the
New York Central road is a sure indi,
cation that all Of the company's
trains will eventually be heated by
steam from the locomotive. One OF
the company's employees says that
steam heating apparatus isgoing into
the cars as fast as it can be supplied.
and that by next fall the new equip
ment will be complete. He also as.
serts that the apparatus which is to
bs used is very simple, and "as effect
i've rs it is simple" Other roads
are moving in the same direction and
the indications are that coal stoves
and kerosene lamps will soon be-
things of the past.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Cars Run by Electricity.

New York Letter. ~. 2
f. One of the remarkable sights in this
city is in the Julien electrical car rush
ing along in a way that excites a de-
gree OF surprise approaching alarm.
The car is the ordinary style familiar
on the streets, painted green with a
bell that rings sharply, anda big lamp
in front. The propelling power is in.
visible. 1t consists of electricity
stored in tanks fitted under seats.
The car spins along at a very lively
rate. if permitted, and il under per.
feet control. II is stopped in less time
than horses can bechecked, and starts
with q gentle facility, and gains speed
as If motion was its natural condi-
ton and the rests. were enforced. The
one that / saw on Fourth avenue was
gliding ahead. pursued and in part
surrounded by q great swarm.o of boys,
who seemed to be of the impress.
sion that they were witnessing a
show Of magic. The street car
horses did not like the monster, and
pranced as if they proposed going on a
strike. The electrical car had aload,
OF passengers, and moved over ordi-
nary tracks in q masterful manner. OF
course, il this sort oflthing ran be car.
ried on at y cheap rate, there will not
long be use Tor horses orcabies. There
is q difficulty, am told, in the cost
OF the plant, and.th question that
raises the uncertainty is asstogthe an
durance Of the costly plant. It should
be noted that the cars,F describe are
notrun uponspecially prepared tracks,
and are not connected with wires that
are streaks Of lightning from dyamos.
The running machinery is Of course
peculiar. andth electricity Is stored.
Electricians say that great advances
have been made within lew months
in, the storage Of electricity, and II it
progresses u little further Tho applica-
ton Git will be aomsthiug infnite.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Snake Story.
Palotka, Fla. News.

faiotka, tla., News.
George Boxer lives on the Heights,
a suburb of this place, and his house
is well surrounded by orange trees.
One morning one OF his children
was heard to scream loudly in the
grove, and a big house dog, hearing
the noise, flew to the child's relief.
The mother heard the child's cries,
but at first supposed the little one
was playing, but as the child did not
return sooE, she became alarmed and
ran out among the trees. Coming
upon her little one, about 200 yards
from the house, she almost tainted at
the sight before her. On a slight hill
ock lay her child, while coiled on it
breast. with head erect and tongue
out, vas a huge ratt'er. It's ominous
rattle sounded loud and warning,
while it's eyes shot forth sparks Of fire
as it slowly turned it's head
around in q circle keeping watch
Of the dog, who trotted slowly
around the snake keeping his
eyes on the reptiles basilisk eyes Of
6re-a low growing and the ul,turn-
ing OF his hair showing his fear and
anger. The snake seemed to have
fairly fascinated the dog, the canine
walked round and round the reptile
slowly coming nearer, but all the
while growing as il knowing that dan.
ger was near.
Brave Mrs. Boxer, seeing the life OF
her child at stake, picked up q pine
knot and hurled it at the RATHER, and
with rare good luck striking it on. the
head and knocking it away several
feet. Rushing forward she picked up
the child and a to the house. Her
husband came up at that moment
and soon dispatched the reptile, which
measured eight. feet long and WAS as
large around as an, average mans
arm. at the shoulder, and sported
sixteen. rattles and q button.
The dog barked loudly when
the serpent was knocked over, but
did not offer to bite it though
generally furioustat the sight Of one.
Forever an hour the dog continued
its walk around the knoll till it fell
from, exhaustion and was taken to
the house and given spirits. Tue dog
was not struck, but seemed charmed
and has not ct recovered. The child
was not bit either, but has beensick
since from fright and nervous rros-
tration, II was the largest rattlef
ever killed ia this section and has
been stuffed. ..ssa.
8g%&A4 $NNN&saG&&&@E
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

On the 3Oth OF next April the United
States of America, as a government,
will be one hundred years old, for on
that day, in 1880, Washington took
his oath as president and the two
houses OF the national congress begun
the work of shaping legislation for the
infant republic. The movement start
ed in New York looking to a fit cele-
bration OF the natal day OF the union,
has already developed sufficiently
to insure a glorious observance of the
centennial OF the important event.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The Rev. MI. Kimbalps Hartford
society declined by aconsiderable ma
iority to ask for his resignation On &C.
count OF his expressions OF sympathy
with the anarchist murderers at Chi.
cago. They sustained him, as it ap-
pears from a resolution adopted at
the meeting, because they hold it as
n of the fundamental principles OF
Unitarianism that a minister may
freely speak what he thinks tho truth
on all subjects.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The increase OF IL per cent in the
receipts OF the postal service for the
past year is striking proof OF the bust
ness growth and intellectual activity
OF the people OF the United States. A
heavy movement of letters. periodi.
calls, etc., is the very best evidence
that the country is wide awake and
fiourishing. The PERCENTAGE OF in.
crease in the mail service has been
three times as great as that of the
growth OF population in the past
year, and the ratio is rising steadily.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

No wonder there is excitement on the
Pacific coast caused by the report
from Arizona OF the discovery oil
quartz rock, yielding 100000 Of
gold per ton. Mines that yield $40
per ton are largely worked, and some
that yield only SIS per ton are not de.
spised by the miner, if they are favor.
ably situated. One hundred thou.
sand dollars a ton would mean that
about one-seventh Of the mass should
be pure gold!
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
. The Casualty Record.

!. At Winona, w. F. Kingsbury. who was
Injured at the fire OF the 2Oth inst, died
recently. He was Sc years Of age. and o
member of the grocery firm Of K~irgsbury
and Holland. -
At Brookville. Kan, the Lawrence hotel,
six business honses and three dwellings
burned. Four men, firemen, Brimer of-Wa.
mego, Berkeman Harrigan Of Wamege. Mr.,
FarDsworth OF Lincoln, and an unknown
man were burnedsto death.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The English Church receives intithes
about $2o,00O.O 900 a year. Of this
amount $5, 900 n expended il
hospitals, schools. church building,
etc, and the remaining $15, 1000 600
goes to pay the salaries OF the clergy.
In the last meeting Of thu English.
Church Congress- it was stated-that'
the late OF the Established Church der.
pended on the clergy. IL during the
nextkIen yeArsthey showed by their
devotion TO their duty thAt The peo-
pie OF England could not afford To-
dispense with their services, the ques-s
ton Of dissstablishment would e ins
definitely postponed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

Business or the great lakes is grow
ing much faster than is generally
known. The increa se this year has
been very great. 1t is estimated that
$2,5O0,0oO OF Buffalo capital is n ow
invested in building new lake vessels
for next season, and that Cleveland
is W. greater.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The English posto flee officials advise
the disuse of sealing wax on lettersfor
countries beyond the seas. 1t often
happens that the wax is melted by
the heat under the tropics OR the iu.
migations to which mail bags are sub.
jected. Letters are often thus stuck
together and the address destroyed.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
A YEAR OF noUSrIFuL CROPS.

Statistician Sheridan Gives Some interest
ing Figures in Connection with tho Yield
of All Grains in Dakota Tor the Past
81 asOn. ,-. ,s~. .~% *
oRDwAY, Special, Dec. 2.-The November
report of sta1stician Sheridan gives some
readable matter for those interested In Da-
kota farming. The figures given have been
made upfrom the reports Of trustworthy and
reliable correspondents No effort has been
made 70 boom anything, but the actual facts
are given as correctly us they could be- OBJ
tanned. Dakota this year has been biest
with bountiful crops md has not been visited
by any destructive storms nor were the crops
injured by insects. the season has been
favorable for oil grains. Rains during harvest
injured grain to some extent Below Is q
table giving the average price, yield, etc
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Foreign News Notes.

Most Rev. Daniel McGettigan. D. D., arch.
bishop 81 Armagh and Primats Of Ireland,
b dying.
In q parliamentary election in Dulwich,
Eng, Maple, Conservative, received 4,O32
Totes, and Sanderson, G~ladstonian, 1909.
At st. Petersburg. the police raidsd q
tod9ine hpnse occupied by students who
Hers supposed to be nihilists. A desperate
tesistaucs was made by the inmates, and
#mapy persons were wounded.
Sullivan md Mitchell were matched IN
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

London to a finish with bare knnckles for
$500 a side, date Of fight not arranged,
and each posted f1oO, the balance to he
put up within q short time. Mitchell said
the fight may not take place until after
the Smith Kilrain fight. Sullivan wanted
to fight Immediately. >
The London Lancet says: DR.. Macken.
zie has received highly satisfactory &C vices
concerning the condition OF the German
crown prince. In view OF the fact that
there IL no actual microscopical proof Of
the existence OF cancer, the diminution OF
the swelling Is not withoutoa certain degrees
OF clinical Importance.
The king OF Corea will Immediately dis.
| patch ministers to England. France, Ger.
many Russia America. The consent
Of China to this arrangement was given
with the greatest reluctance. It. is believ.
ed that Russian agents instigated the kings
action. An American man OF war has al
ready conveyed II minister from Chemulpo
to Nagasaki.
The French chamber Of al
Ottawa. Can, has adopted a resolution
asking Sir Charles Upper, the Canadian
representative on the fishery commission,
to demand payment by the American gov.
eminent OF the claim against it for hay du.
ties. on the same principle that the United
States asked Tor and obtained the REIN.
bursement from Canada OF considerable
sums stolen by tho st. Albans raiders and
the payment by Great Britain OF the Ala.
bama claims.
William Copeland Borlase, member Of
parliament for the St. Austelle division OF
Cornwall. and under secretary of the local
government board, was examined in the
bankruptcy court. His liabilities amount
to f42, G53, and his assets to & 1911. lie
traces n part Of his embarrassment to hia
relations with his mistress, Madame de
Quiros, whom he allowed a fixed income OF
f25 a week. At first the payments were
made willingly, but subsequently the
money was extorted from him, the woman
following him to France, Spain, and fnal.
ly to Wales, where he was forced to obtain
police protection against her and her male
companion. The last $500 he gave her
was paid In Trafalgar square.
A writ has been out by Vaudeville
against the governor Of Tullamore prison
in Ireland for assault. The charge is based
upon the treatment he received at the
time his clothes were Stripped off by the
prison authorities. An attempt to evict a
tenant named Foley from the estate Of
Col. Charles Pottenham at Wexford was
attended with great difficulty. The house
was barricaded. The evictors, in order
to effect an entrance, made a breach in the
wall with a batterins ram. Boiling water
and stones were thrown at them by ten.
ants. The c%onstables brought up fire
engines and retaliated by drenching the
enants. The occupants yielded after an
hours resistance. Ten arrests were made.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
National ProhIbitIonIsts Open the
Ball.

The national central committee of the
Prohibition party met the 3Oth ult. in
Chicago. Five hundred persons were pres.
emit. Among the most prominent Prohibi-
t~ionists present were Gen. Clinton b.
Fiske, New Jersey; ex-Gov. St.. John, Kan.
sas; Mother Stewart. Ohio; J. B. Hobbs
and Rev. A. j. Jutkins, Chicago. d. s.
Sagendorph OF Michigan, vice chairman OF
the committee, presided.
A COMMITTEES of seven was appointed to
attend to immediate political organiza-
ton and work. This committee consisted
OF John Lloyd Thomas, Maryland; John
p. st. John. Kansas; J. A. Vanfeet. Hi.
nois; James Black. Pennsylvania; Judge
r. G. Pittman, Mass; A. A. Hopkins, New
York; Mrs. Brown. Ohio. The national
committee was arranged. the following
being among the members: Dakota, D. r.
Grove; Iowa, E. ". Brady, V. G. Fran
ham; Minnesota, W.. w. Satterlee, james
Princham. Samuel Dickey OF Albion,
Mich, was elected chairman to succeed Mr..
Finch and it was decided to hold the ma
tional convention at indianapolis the first
Wednesday, in June, 1888. A resolution
adopted by the National w. T.. {. U. urging
political parties and partisan newspapers
to avoid personal utilization and abuse,
was presented and adopted.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08

The report OF building operationsi in
Philadelphia during the last ten
months, makes a splendid sho wing OF
dwelling houses, churches, manufac-
tories and workshops erected during
That time.